Coil-box protector



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C. A. BROWN.

CQIL'BOX PROTECTOR.

FILED APR.15. 1920.

f atonted Jan. 233, T9233.

CHAR-LES ANDREW BRO'WN, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUC I KY.

COIL-BOX PROTECTOR.

Application filed April 15, 1920. Serial No. 374,166.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Ci xnnns irnnnnw BROWN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Coil- Box Protectors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to devices for protecting coil boxes of automobiles, particularly the Ford coil box, against water, and my principal object is to improve upon the protector disclosed in my pending U. S. application, Serial No. 303186, filed June 10. 1919, by spacing the upper edge thereof rearwardly from the dash to insure that any water running down said dash, will not enter between the protector and the coil box.

The preferred form of the protector is constructed of rubber or other flexible mate rial and another object is to provide spaced projections on such protector for positively holding its upper edge in properly spaced relation wlth the dash.

A still further object is to provide a device which may be easily and inexpensively manufactured and marketed, yet one which will be highly efiicient and desirable in every way.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel features of construction hereinafter described and claimed, the descriptive matter being supplemented by the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 illustrates a vertical section of the dash of an automobile, together with a side elevation of the coil box, and an edge view of the improved protector, the insulator of one of the binding posts and the guard for such insulator being partly broken away and in section.

.Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section as indicated by line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the protectors, and Fig. 5 is an edge view there of.

In the drawings above briefly described, I have shown the dash D, cowl C, and hood if of a Ford automobile, said dash being provided with the usual openings 0 through which the insulated binding posts P extend The improved protector comprises a preferably rectangular sheet 1 of any suitable material, although rubber is preferred. This sheet is clamped between the coil box B and the dash D and its vertical edges are preferably thinned as indicated at 2 for dis position between the flanges F and the aforesaid dash. By thinning the edges of the sheet 1 in this manner, the body portion thereof may more readily engage the coil box as shown in Fig. 3, suitable sockets 41;

being by. preference formed in said sheet to receive the screws S. The front side of the sheet 1 is provided with a plurality of binding postguards 5 which are preferably of tubular form as shown, the inner ends of said guards being joined integrally to said sheet, while the other ends of said guards are provided with ribs 6 which prevent any water from running off the 'ends of the guards onto the several wires which are con nected to the binding posts. The guards 5 and their ribs 6 are shown in the pending application above referred to and they are not, therefore, broadly claimed in the pres ent application.

To insure that any water running down the rear side of the dash board D shall not enter between the sheet 1 and the coil box B, 1 direct the front side of said sheet rearwardly at its upper end as shown at 7, this rearward. offset being preferably accomplished by beveling the sheet 1 as shown, at though said sheet might be otherwise thinned at its upper edge should this be desired. The bevel or the like 'i' is shown provided with forwardly extending projections 8 which are preferably formed integrally with the sheet 1, said projections being adapted to contact with the dash D and thus positively hold the upper ends of the protector spaced rearwardly the proper distance therefrom. These projections also serve to hold the rear side of the protector in. fluid tight contact with the front side of thecoil box cover;

By constructing the device in, or substantially in the manner shown and described, it will positively prevent any water entering the coil box and interfering with proper operation of the ignition circuit of the machine, particular emphasis being laid upon the fact that any water running down the rear side of the dash board D cannot by any chance enter between the protector and the coil box, due to the rearwardly directed upper edge of said protector, but must seep downwardly between the protector and the dash, eventually escaping through the openings O or at the lower edge of the protector. In taking this course, the water produces no injurious effect whatever.

The device is extremely simple and inexpensive, and may be easily and advantageously manufactured and marketed, yet will be highly efiicient and in every way desirable, and since excellent results have been obtained from the exact construction shown, this construction is by preference followed. 1 wish it understood however that within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous minor changes may well be made.

I claim:

1. A coil box protector comprising a sheet of flexible water proof material adapted to be held between the coil box and an apertured dash and having binding post guards to extend through the apertures of the dash, the dash engaging side of said sheet having spaced projections at or near its upper edge to space said edge from the dash.

2. A coil box protector comprising a roctangular sheet of flexible water proof mate,- rial adapted to be clamped between the. coil box and an apertured dash the front side of said sheet having binding post guards to extend through the apertures of said dash, the upper edge of said sheet being beveled from the front side and having forwardly extendii'ng' projections to space it from the dash.

3. A coil box protector comprising a rectangular sheet of flexible water proof niaierial adapted to be clamped between the. coil box and an apertured dash, the front side of said sheetharing binding post guards to extend through the apertures it the dash, the upper edge of said sheet being thinned and having forwardly extendingprojections to space it from the dash, the vertical edges of said sheet being thinned for clamping between the dash and the attaching flanges of the coil box.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ny hand.

CHARLES ANDR-ElV BROWN. 

